recommend equipment for each truck

[HortGuy]

I've been asked to put together a list of equipment that should be in every crew's truck, every day. Like:
First Aid Kit
(3) Orange Safety Cones
Safety Glasses for each person
Hearing Protection for each person
Beltpack of Eyewash for each person
5 gallon Thermos of water & cups
Insect Repellent
Bee/Wasp knock down spray
Chemical/Fuel Spill Kit
Pruner, handsaw, loppers?

What other suggestions would you make?

 

[Jomo]

Fire extinguishers are conspicuously absent.

They should be in every truck, as well as on every chipper.

Jomo

 

[MasterBlaster]

Concerning the first aid kit, I be sure to have some Celox worked into the mix.

 

[flushcut]

3 DOT safety triangles. Cones do not replace the DOT triangles.

 

[Tucker943]

Electrical tape. From ropes to repairs, you'll find a use for it. I use it a lot when I'm taking a bar and chain off a saw to put a different one on. While the bar and chain are still on, wrap it a few times like this. They'll come off and stay off together and organized. Also makes it easier to put back on.

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[Buddy]

MSDS, if it's required?

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[Bermy]

Wipes of some kind, and hand cleaner
Whistle or air horn
Sunscreen

 

[Chris E]

I think cable ties are pretty handy to have on board, much like tape.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Electrical tape. From ropes to repairs, you'll find a use for it. I use it a lot when I'm taking a bar and chain off a saw to put a different one on. While the bar and chain are still on, wrap it a few times like this. They'll come off and stay off together and organized. Also makes it easier to put back on.

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I like it! Learn something new every day.... thanks Chris.

 

[pantheraba]

Agree...that caught my attention. I'll start keeping elec. tape with my gear. Thanks.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I usually keep a roll of electric tape in every gear bag and glove boxes. Use it all the time. Just never occurred to me to use it on the bar like that. I usually just slip them into a scabbard.

 

[pantheraba]

See....I just learned something there, too. Good tip.

 

[sotc]

Work ethic, couple boxes of it

 

[sawman]

 

[Burnham]

Willie obviously speaks from long experience as "da boss".

 

[flushcut]

Tools something like 150 piece set plus large adjustable wrench.

 

[pantheraba]

and a big frikkin' hammer.

 

[Grendel]

Epi-Pen?

 

[flushcut]

and a big frikkin' hammer.

Ah yes the BFH.

 

[squisher]

How about a phone? It's not a given that everyone has a phone or a working reliable phone nowadays. As an employer it's your responsibility to ensure that a call for help can be made.

Verified working phone and a pad with the worksite address written on it. Everyone needs to know where it is on every job site. When it hits the fan is not the time to start figuring out where you are. Or having the groundy who slept all the way to the job site call in directions to nowhere with a phone that's out of 'minutes'.

If there is no phone service on the worksite have another plan.

 

[treesmith]

Electrical tape serves well as a makeshift bandaid. Several wraps will hold all day.

No one's mentioned a Glock...for times when working in questionable neighborhoods....

 

[Tucker943]

A gun? Naw. Pull out a chainsaw and the robbery will end on the spot.

 

[Levi]

Electrical tape. From ropes to repairs, you'll find a use for it. I use it a lot when I'm taking a bar and chain off a saw to put a different one on. While the bar and chain are still on, wrap it a few times like this. They'll come off and stay off together and organized. Also makes it easier to put back on.

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Hey, that's really clever, thanks!

 

[Levi]

Work ethic, couple boxes of it

Where can I buy some of this and how much space will it take up in the truck?